Russian Red is a marbled purple stripe variety known for its outstanding flavor and colorful bulb wrappers. It is a hardy garlic that produces year after year and an outstanding all-around garlic with a mild heat that is not overpowering. 

Large bulbs with 6-8 large cloves are a dream to work with. Russian Red has tighter wrappers than many hardneck varieties and, as a result, stores very well! A beautiful, large, easy to work with hardneck with the flavor that is expected out of a hard-neck variety. Russian Red garlic was tested and brought legally into the Idaho quarantine area by Sundries Farm in 2022.

This variety averages 6-8 cloves per bulb and 5-7 bulbs per pound.